A Growing Global Power

Through imperial ambitions and the mobilization for World War I, businesses
and the government established a new relationship to bolster American
business interests and build the United States military. After the war,
this relationship continued to prosper with the establishment of research
foundations for military and medical programs. Even though the United States
had increased its economic involvement with Europe by the end of the war,
the nation began to distance itself politically and socially from Europe and
focused on the Americas.

Themes

Patriotism, missionary zeal, and the quest for new markets fueled the
drive to establish an overseas empire. More

American imperial ambitions and the events of World War I
forged a new partnership between business and government. More

While increasingly involved economically with Europe,
the United States turned away politically and socially from Europe and
focused on the Americas. More